The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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Page 128
... dress of men and women was very marked , it has often resolved itself into the fact that men frequently went unclad or partly clad and women almost never did so . The only satisfactory way of visualizing Jewish dress to ourselves is to ...
... dress of men and women was very marked , it has often resolved itself into the fact that men frequently went unclad or partly clad and women almost never did so . The only satisfactory way of visualizing Jewish dress to ourselves is to ...
Page 134
... dress of the lowest of their subjects . Other explanations are advanced for the use of sackcloth as the dress of mourning , and they may be just as good . But as to the nature of sackcloth there is practical agreement among learned men ...
... dress of the lowest of their subjects . Other explanations are advanced for the use of sackcloth as the dress of mourning , and they may be just as good . But as to the nature of sackcloth there is practical agreement among learned men ...
Page 141
... dress was a simple matter , and it remained so even on festal occasions when the better cloak marked the better day . A certain delight in dress existed in all classes , particularly delight in the colors which dress exhibited . Perhaps ...
... dress was a simple matter , and it remained so even on festal occasions when the better cloak marked the better day . A certain delight in dress existed in all classes , particularly delight in the colors which dress exhibited . Perhaps ...
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